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A. 0. JAMES.

MUSIG RACK FOR UPRIGHT PIANOS. No. 362,512. Patented May 10,1887.

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AMOS 0. JAMES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MUSIC-RACK FOR UPRIGHT PIANOS.

EPECIP ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,512, dated May 10, 1887.

Application filed January 27, 1886. Serial No. 189,907.

To all whom it may concern; I

Be it known that I, Arms 0. JAMES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Music-Racks for Upright Pianos, of which the following is a specification.

My'invention relates to upright pianos in which the rack supporting the book or leaves of music-text before the player is arranged in or constitutes part of the vertical front of the pianocasing, and may be conveniently moved toward the player into proper inclination for use, and after using may be as conveniently replaced in vertical position in line or flush with the said vertical front of the piano-case.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a sectional end elevation of an upright piano,showing a musie-rack constructed according to my present invention and in position for use. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the rack folded flush with the vertical case-front. Fig. 3 is a detail section on about the line as x of Fig. 1, seen in direetionof arrow 1,-and showing a means of adjusting the rack as to elevation and inclination.

Ais the piano-case; B, the lid; 0, the stationary vertical front of the case; D, one of the checks of the case.

E is the niusic-rack with foot-rail e to support the music-text. The rack E is provided at the inside, at a distance above its lower end, with lugs a, by which and rods or bars bit is linked to lugs 0 within the front 0, the link b being pivoted at the ends to the said lugs to 0.

Instead of making a separate link, I), at each end of the rack, they may be formed both in one piece by making pivots in the ends of a board running continuous from one end of the rack to the other.

The stationary front 0 has an opening or re cess, O, of proper size to fit and receive the rack E, so that when the latter is folded or moved back in position, as when not in use, it will be flush with the front Gand form a part thereof, as shown in Fig. 2. At the upper end of therack E are secured to it two (No model.)

lugs, d, each of which has a fixed pin,f, by which it is guided in a slot, G, of a bracket, F, secured within the front 0. The slot G runs up vertical to about y, then inward, first with an upward tendency in about an ogee curve, as shown in the drawings, and lastly turns horizontal with a very slight downward tendency, forming at h a stop and rest for the pinf when the rack is folded. To unfold the rack when Wanted for use, it is only necessary to pull it out from the position in Fig. 2 by the foot-rail 6, when it will drop by its own weight into the position for use shown in Fig. 1. To replace or fold it after use,it is only necessary to grasp it by the foot-rail, raise it, and push it backward until it fills the opening 0 flush with the front 0.

It will be seen that to bring the rack in the position it occupies when folded the link or bar 6 passes the vertical line through the pivot in the lug 0, so that the pivot in the lug a is farther inward from the front 0 than the pivot in the lug 0, thus preventing a downward movement of the rack due to its weight, except inward, in the direction of arrow 2,which again is prevented by the bearing under the lower edge of the rack. Consequently the rack when folded will always retain itself in position until purposely pulled out by hand.

A glance at Fig. 1 will explain that if the. rack E be raised a little by pushing the pin f higher up in the vertical portion of the slot G the link I) will be swung proportionately upward and inward, and the inclination of the rack E will be more and more approaching the vertical. To adjust the elevation and proportionate the inclination of the rack, it is therefore only necesssary to stop the downward motion of the pin in the slot at the point desired. This I' accomplish by an adjustable stop, H, which may be constructed in various ways, one simple construction of it being shown in the drawings. (SeeFig.3.) Aplatehavingaslot, i, in it, and a toe or pin, on, entering the slot G, is secured to the side of each of the brackets F by a thumb-screw, I, passing through the said sloti and into the bracket F, or a nut fixed therein.

It will be seen that by this construction the plate H may be slid up and down, always guided by the slot G, and thus adjusted to any of the pinf at different elevations, for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as inyinvention I have signed my name, in presence of two w3itnesses,this 8th day of January, 1886.

AMOS 0. JAMES.

A. W. ALM vis'r,

I I Witnesses: IIENRY GI'LmuN. 

